世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking recently took a look at which fortune telling methods people think are the most accurate. As the survey is a bit short, I’ll leave in the Japanese terms as a little bit of education.

Demographics

Between the 20th and 22nd of January 2010 1,071 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.1% of the sample were female, 19.9% in their teens, 29.5% in their twenties, 30.5% in their thirties, and 20.1% in their forties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Previous fortune telling-related surveys have been undesirable palm reading lines, horoscopes versus blood typing, and blood typing.

The six planets divination is the speciality of the evil witch Kazuko Hosoki, a Guinness Book record holder as the best-selling author in the world. Thankfully, about two or three years ago she disappeared from the television screens (there must be a story behind that!) but recently she’s made a comeback on adverts for her mobile phone site.

Research results

Q: Which fortune telling method do you think is the most accurate? (Sample size=1,071)

Rank	日本語	English	Score
1	手相占い	Palm reading	100
2=	四柱推命	Four Pillars astrology	44.4
2=	姓名判断	Name divination	44.4
4	六星占術	Six planets astrology	35.2
5	タロット占い	Tarot card reading	30.7
6	血液型占い	Blood typing	28.7
7	風水	Feng shui	28.4
8	人相占い/顔占い	Divination by facial features	22.9
9	夢占い	Dream interpretation	16.6
10	西洋占星術	Western astrology	14.0